Sword and Sorceress IV

by Marion Zimmer Bradley (Editor)

Other authors: Bruce D. Arthurs (Contributor), Robin W. Bailey (Contributor), Stephen L. Burns (Contributor), Richard Cornell (Contributor), Richard Corwin (Contributor) — 13 more, Charles de Lint (Contributor), Syn Ferguson (Contributor), Dorothy J. Heydt (Contributor), Millea Kenin (Contributor), Mercedes Lackey (Contributor), Paula Helm Murray (Contributor), Diana L. Paxson (Contributor), Jennifer Roberson (Contributor), Josepha Sherman (Contributor), Dave Smeds (Contributor), Deborah M. Vogel (Contributor), Deborah Wheeler (Contributor), L. D. Woeltjen (Contributor)

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Series: Valdemar: Vows And Honor (Short Story "A Tale Of Heroes"), Angharad (Short Story "The Weeping Oak"), Cynthia Daughter of Euelpides (Short Story "The Noonday Witch"), Sword and Sorceress (4), Shanna Of Sharteyn (Short Story "Blood Dancer"), Tiger and Del (Short Story "Rite of Passage"), Valdemar: Chronological Order (1270 AF, Short Story "A Tale Of Heroes"), Valdemar: Publication Order (Short Story "A Tale Of Heroes")

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I’m not even sure where I first picked up one of MZB’s Sword and Sorceress books. All I know is I was hooked with the first one. It took me several years to collect all 21, but I loved each one. Some years are better than other, and there are a few stories that I have never forgotten, but over all, you can’t go wrong reading this entire set! (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Bradley, Marion Zimmer	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Arthurs, Bruce D.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bailey, Robin W.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Burns, Stephen L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cornell, Richard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Corwin, Richard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
de Lint, Charles	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ferguson, Syn	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Heydt, Dorothy J.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kenin, Millea	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lackey, Mercedes	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Murray, Paula Helm	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Paxson, Diana L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Roberson, Jennifer	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sherman, Josepha	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Smeds, Dave	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Vogel, Deborah M.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wheeler, Deborah	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Woeltjen, L. D.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jael	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Angharad (Short Story "The Weeping Oak")

Cynthia Daughter of Euelpides (Short Story "The Noonday Witch")

Shanna Of Sharteyn (Short Story "Blood Dancer")

Sword and Sorceress (4)

Tiger and Del (Short Story "Rite of Passage")

Valdemar: Chronological Order (1270 AF, Short Story "A Tale Of Heroes")

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Valdemar: Publication Order (Short Story "A Tale Of Heroes")

Valdemar: Vows And Honor (Short Story "A Tale Of Heroes")

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A Tale of Heroes (Vows and Honor Series) by Mercedes Lackey

Blood Dancer by Diana L. Paxson

Noonday Witch [short story] by Dorothy J. Heydt

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Locus Award (Nominee – Anthology – 1988)

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Sword and Sorceress IV

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Sword and Sorceress IV

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1987-07

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Shanna, Royal Daughter of Sharteyn (in "Blood Dancer")

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A Tale of Heroes:

"Miles out of our way, and still not a sign of anything out of the ordinary," Tarma grumbled, her harsh voice carrying easily above the clopping of their horses' hooves.

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ENCHANTEMENTS FOR GOOD OR ILL...
WEAPONS RAISED TO STRIKE ...

Enemies unseen
Supernatural creatures
wizards traveling down a darker path
thieves stealing from powers beyond their mastery
sword bearers called to a greater war
these are just some of the elements brought together in this latest sorcerous brew of spellbinding excitement and adventure, specially concocted under the direction of the Wise Woman of Darkover herself, Marion Zimmer Bradley.

So heed this latest call to arms, and prepared to march to magical wars with such powerful spell casters and sword swingers as Jennifer Robseon, Charles de Lint, Diana Paxson, Richard Corwin, and their comrades in creation of wonderful worlds repelte with myth and menace, where courageous women test their talents against hte deadliest and most diabolical of foes.

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